Raleigh Paper Expands Comics Coverage

The Raleigh News & Observer's decision, post-newspaper strip poll, to not cut back or replace but expand the number of comics offerings in its pages, has unsurprisingly instigated a series of positive reaction in various on-line venues including kudos from people whose job it is to place as many strips as possible (January 9 entry). Alan Gardner noted correctly I think that one of the best pieces to come out of it is this patient explanation of how they worked through the process, and what lessons they took from their poll. I think it's also worth noting that this is a print decision; the paper doesn't seem to have comics on-line as of yet.

I'm not really that surprised by the move, to be honest. Even though the general downward trends experienced by the newspaper industry and (I believe) the rise of on-line alternatives make cutting print comics more likely, it's also clear that what to do to mitigate against that general decline is up in the air. I would imagine that some people might expand their comic coverage in the same way that others might pay more attention to what is being offered there.
 
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